zmp-5 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in collagen catabolic process and extracellular matrix organization. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Expressed in dorsal uterine cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); autoimmune disease (multiple); and carcinoma (multiple). Is an ortholog of human MMP16 (matrix metallopeptidase 16).